I'm a Libertarian living in Humboldt County, CA. I've lived here in Eureka since 1973 and joined the Libertarian Party in 1992. This blog will mostly focus on local political issues, but I may stray into state and national issues as well, when I can't help myself. Please post your comments by clicking on the "comments" link at the bottom of each post. Although I do moderate comments, you need not be a registered user to post them.

Saturday, December 08, 2007

Pot Legalization Initiative Approved

I haven't been paying much attention to potential upcoming ballot initiatives lately, so I was glad the Santa Rosa Press- Democrat made mention of a ballot initiative that's recently been approved for circulation. This one will legalize possession and use of marijuana for adults, 21 years and over.

I haven't done any signature gathering in some time but this sounds like a fun one. I tried to find a source for the petitions, assuming they're available, but came up blank. I did find one of the sponsor's web sites, though, and e- mailed him for more information. If I hear back from him, I'll post that info here.

This sounds like something everyone can get behind, despite some of the backlash we've been seeing over Prop 215 (medical marijuana), right? Democrats, Republicans, Greens and, of course the Libertarians can now join together for a common cause. Greg and Carol [Conners], Mike [Harvey], Joy [Finley], Marc [Matteoli] Bill [Barnum], David [Cobb] and Jake [Pickering]...you all with me?

Ok, let's all join hands and work on this together. I'll let you all know when the petitions are available.

Except the Press- Democrat article quoted a NORML spokesman as saying NORML wasn't supporting the initiative, so I don't know that they'd have any petitions. I was thinking of seeing if the Marijuana Policy Project (www.mpp.org) had any info on it, but have to do something else right now. You might try them.

Update: Received a response from one of the sponsors of the initiative. He referred me to their volunteer coordinator and didn't say anything regarding whether the petitions have been printed yet or not.

Update: Finally received a response from their Volunteer Coordinator. He wanted my address to send me some petitions. Didn't say they're actually available so don't know if they'll come sooner or later.